Tickets for matches will be available on separate dates for each of the host venues: Sporting Park; StubHub Center; Dick’s Sporting Goods Park and Rio Tinto Stadium

U-23 MNTAug 13, 2015

CHICAGO (Aug. 13, 2015) – Tickets for the 2015 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship, which will be played in the United States from Oct. 1-13, will go on sale later this month. Venues in four different cities will each host two doubleheader events.

Each venue will open ticket sales separately. The United States heads Group A, where the first two matches of the group will be played Oct. 1 and Oct. 3 at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas. Fans can purchase tickets for the two events in Kansas City starting Wednesday, Aug. 19, at 12 p.m. CT through ussoccer.com, by phone at 1-800-745-3000 and at all Ticketmaster ticket centers in the Kansas City area (including many Hen House Markets). [Note: Tickets will not be sold at the Sporting Park ticket office.] Availability is limited.

2012 Olympic Gold medalists Mexico headline Group B and will play their first two matches on Oct. 2 and Oct. 4 at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. Tickets for the two events in the Los Angeles area go on sale to the general public Friday, Aug. 14, at 10 a.m. PT through ussoccer.com, by calling 1-888-929-7849, and at the StubHub Center ticket office (open Monday-Friday, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.).

All teams in both Group A and Group B will then travel to Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo., for the final matches of the first round, with Group A playing on Oct. 6 and Group B on Oct. 7. Tickets for the two events near Denver go on sale to the general public Thursday, Aug. 27, at 10 a.m. MT through ussoccer.com, by phone at 1-866-461-6556 or 303-534-6119 (Monday-Saturday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. MT; Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. MT), at the Dick's Sporting Goods Park ticket office (open Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.) and the Pepsi Center box office (open Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.).

Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah, will host the all-important semifinals on Oct. 10 and the third place match and final on Oct. 13. The availability of series tickets for the two doubleheader events that determine the two automatic CONCACAF representatives at the 2016 Olympic Games and the tournament champion will be announced at a later date.

A total of eight teams will compete in the tournament: three from North America (direct qualifiers: Canada, Mexico and the United States), three from Central America and two from the Caribbean. The USA was seeded as the tournament host in Group A. Mexico, the defending Olympic Qualifying Tournament champion and 2012 Olympic gold medalist, was seeded in Group B. The rest of the teams will be placed into the groups at the Olympic Qualifying Tournament draw, which is set to take place Aug. 18 in Los Angeles.

Winners of the semifinal match-ups will qualify for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics and advance to the Oct. 13 final, while the losers will meet in a third place match. The third-place winner will qualify for the CONCACAF – CONMEBOL playoff, where it will face Colombia in a final opportunity to qualify for the Olympics in Rio.